"First Light" image from the SINFONI Adaptive Optics Module

Eso_eso0426c_1024

eso_eso0426c August 24th, 2004

Credit: ESO

"First Light" image obtained with the SINFONI AO Module and a high-angular-resolution near-infrared Test Camera during the night of May 31 - June 1, 2004. The magnitude of the observed star is 11 and the seeing conditions median. The diffraction limit at wavelength 2.2 µm of the 8.2-m telescope (FWHM 0.06 arcsec) was reached and is indicated by the bar.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0426c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SINFONI
Subject - General
Star

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VLT (SINFONI) Infrared (Near-IR) 2.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Eso_eso0426c_1280
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ID
eso0426c
Subject Category
E.3  
Subject Name
SINFONI
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-08-24T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0426c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
SINFONI
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
2200
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
800.0, 800.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0426c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0426c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-20T11:35:39+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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